2021 November 11
Question 6 Medea – Euripides
EITHER
(a) Explain how your direction of the NURSE, at the start of the play and in her interactions with other
characters, would achieve your dramatic intentions for the audience. [30]
(b) OR (b) Explain how you would perform the role of MEDEA in two separate sections of the play to
emphasise her ruthlessness. [30]
2021 November 13
Question 6 Medea – Euripides EITHER
(a) Explain how your direction of MEDEA in her interactions with Creon and with Aegeus would help to
convey the complexity of her character to your audience. [30]
(b) OR (b) Explain how you would perform the role of JASON in two separate sections of the play, to convey
your interpretation of his character. [30]
June 2021 11
Question 6 Medea – Euripides EITHER
(a) As a director, how would you stage two separate sections of the play that involve the CHORUS to increase
the dramatic impact of the action for the audience? [30]
OR (b) As a costume designer, explain and justify your design vision for a production of the play. You should
refer in detail to designs for MEDEA and for at least one other character to support your ideas. [30]
June 2021 13
Question 6 Medea – Euripides EITHER
(a) Explain how your direction of the characters of MEDEA and JASON, in their final confrontation of the play,
would convey your interpretation of their feelings for one another. [30]
OR
(b) (b) Explain how you would perform the role of the MESSENGER, who reports the deaths of Jason’s new
bride and King Creon to Medea, to convey your horror at their suffering. [30]
Specimen paper
Question 6 Medea – Euripides EITHER
(a) As a director, how would you stage two separate sections of the play to create dramatic impact for the
audience? [30]
OR
(b) (b) As a set designer, how would you use design elements to create an appropriate setting for the
action of the play? [30]